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Mirabilis multiflora (lat. Mirabilis multiflora) - a perennial flowering herb of the genus Mirabilis (Lat. Mirabilis), which is a representative of the Niktagin family (Lat. Nyctaginaceae). Mirabilis multiflorous broke the tradition of plants of the genus to open flower petals at night, choosing the sunniest time of the day for such a solemn moment. Its large funnel-shaped flowers are collected in several pieces in one cup, creating the illusion of a bouquet standing in a flower vase.
What's in your name
If to understand the meaning of the generic name "Mirabilis" one has to resort to the help of the Latin-Russian dictionary, in which we find that this word is equivalent to the Russian "amazing", "wonderful", then the specific epithet of the plant "multiflora" is almost understandable even without a dictionary. But nevertheless, it is better to look into the Latin-Russian dictionary to make sure that the subconscious memory has not deceived and this word in Russian means "multi-flowered". Looking at a flowering plant, you are even more affirmed in the correct understanding of the Latin specific epithet.
Description
Since in the wild, Mirabilis multiflora lives in dry regions of the southwestern United States, in places with poor sandy or rocky soils, the plant has stocked up with long roots that penetrate deep into the soil, which support the powerful herbaceous aboveground parts with moisture and nutrients and ensure the longevity of the plant.
Numerous erect stems up to 80 centimeters high with short-petiolized large (up to 12 centimeters long) brown-green leaves form dense picturesque thickets. The fleshy leaf plate with a light median vein has a rounded or oval-elongated shape with a sharp tip. The surface of the leaf plate is often bare, less often covered with hairs.
In the axils of the leaves of the upper branches, during the sundial of daylight hours, rather large flowers bloom, reaching a width of 4 to 6 centimeters. The shape of the flowers resembles a bell or a funnel. Delicate flowers with five purple petals are protected by a strong calyx of five semi-fused sepals. The cup looks like a flower vase, the upper edge of which is decorated in the form of sharp-nosed triangular teeth. In such a natural vase, up to 6 flowers can be located at the same time. They gradually, one by one, open their petals, transforming flowering into a continuous action. Thus, flowering lasts throughout the summer months, taking in part of the fall, until frosts come into their own.
Usage
Among the American Aborigines, there is one amazing Zuni tribe that has been cultivating crops such as corn for 4000 years. Their language is unlike any of the American Indian languages. They managed from ancient times to the present day to preserve their language, customs, their gods, not succumbing to the "civilization" of the conquerors.
Life in kinship with nature gave them a lot of knowledge not only about cultivated plants, but also about wild representatives of the plant world, which they actively use in the fight against human ailments.
Among these plants is the multiflora Mirabilis ("Mirabilis multiflora" or "Colorado four o'clock").
It turns out that the problem of "overeating" or, more simply, with gluttony, is familiar not only to high-income nations. She did not bypass the Zuni tribe, who are fighting with her with the help of Mirabilis of many flowers.
To reduce a person's appetite, women of the Zuni tribe add the root of a plant, ground to a powder, to the flour, and bake bread from such a mixture. Such bread quickly saturates the body, without bringing a person to overeating. Such bread helps to endure periods of food shortages in the tribe.
If a person still managed to overestimate the ability of his digestive system and ate too much, then the patient is treated with an infusion of root powder, by taking it inside the body.
During periods of poor harvest, when there is nothing to feed people, they also come to the help of Mirabilis multiflora, rubbing the bellies of hungry children and adults with infusion from the roots.
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